GT: Hi there! Day 15 of Mega May here! Enjoy this update to Beast Within! Will be going into some lore and a bit more into things about Roll.
"And…There! How's that, sweetie?" Aphrodite asked as Roll stood before a mirror, a large blue scarf wrapped around her neck to try to help hide the exposed cleavage.
"I love it! Thank you, Mama!" Roll giggled as Skye walked over, talking on his PeT.
"Yeah…That…uh…That's not gonna work, sempai," Skye cringed.
"Hm? Why not? If you install this in Roll, she can…" Yuichiro's voice spoke before Skye turned the PeT to show the TV where Roll was on, "What the…?"
"I checked her data and Falzer fully integrated with Roll, but the Heal Water kinda…deleted Falzer's 'mind' so to speak," Skye explained, "You're not dealing with Dennōjū Falzer or a NetNavi with mine and Aphrodite's DNA Data named Roll. We are dealing with something new. DennōjūNavi Roll."
"...You're seriously calling this new form of hers that?"
"What? It's a good title!"
"Skye, you just replaced 'Net' with 'Dennōjū' for her title."
"See? Good title! Represents her previous selves with the cuteness that will always be my baby girl who I will protect with an artillery of Program Advances to shoot down any would-be suitors!"
"DADDY~!" Roll whined, spinning around to glare at him in embarrassment, "Hm? O-Oh! Hikari-hakase! Um…K-Konnichiwa…"
"How are you feeling, Roll-chan?"
"Um…Good. Really good. Like I could do a ton more than I used to do, but…um…antsy, too. And, w-well…I'm, uh, I'm not sure…" Roll mumbled, fidgeting with a tiny blush, "I feel a little…bloated…and things don't feel all that right in my mood and I'm more snappy and…eto…"
"...Honey, she needs The Talk, so I need to take this chat somewhere else! Okayloveyabye!" Skye quickly spoke…before jumping out the open window.
"Because of course he'd do that…" Aphrodite sighed, "Okay, sweeties, ice cream with chocolate and strawberry sauce!"
"Oh, it's one of those talks, isn't it?" Roll asked, cringing, as Maylu went to the kitchen to get the treat for her and Aphrodite.
"Trust me, the ice cream will help," Aphrodite assured as she input the program to make the treat for Roll.
"You jumped out the window, didn't you?"
"Puberty, Yuichiro! I am not giving that talk until I have a son!" Skye declared, "Now back to the matter at hand!" his face changed to one of concern, "…How are Netto-chan and Saito-chan?"
"He's sleeping after spending the last ten hours just keeping watch on Saito-kun. He…He managed to overcome the Dennōjū. That program I was talking about was what I just installed into Saito-kun, letting him channel the beast's power in a form called 'Beast Out.'"
"And I'm guessing there's a time limit for both using it and recharge that if they don't adhere to can cause the Dennōjū to fully take over."
"Yes. Beast Over."
"Gotcha," Skye nodded, "...I really owe you for agreeing to let me have a copy of that Force program. It was the only thing that was keeping my daughter from blowing up from all that data forcefully loaded into her."
Yuichiro nodded, "But now you have to deal with a bigger issue. She's a Dennōjū now. And let me finish before you try to correct me!" Skye closed his mouth, "Thank you. Now to continue…We have no idea what Roll can do now. …Unless you've been taking notes this entire time like you always do…"
"You should get the email in a few minutes, but I can sum it up. I've had to make Meiru-chan a completely brand spanking new PeT to let her carry Roll-chan around," Skye explained, "Her data has tripled in memory size and her presence alone is keeping viruses away from the house network. NetNavis are also unnerved by her presence if she isn't interacting with them, even if she had just been talking to them a few moments before. I also had to make limiters that she now wears because fighting in this state is damaging the systems of the whole town! Luckily, we made a Calm Program that counters the intimidating presence she's obtained and she has friends here."
"...Do you think of her as a being like Zero-san?"
"A bit, yes. How is my fellow blond, anyway?"
"Trackers have him…coming to Cyber City, actually," Yuichiro admitted.
"Must have sensed the Dennōjū," Skye frowned.
"I've sent him a signal to come to our house here."
"Smart idea. Both on the signal and the fact that you have a good feeling he won't be stopped by the security systems there," Skye agreed before groaning, "I wonder if this is what it's like to be the papa of an anime protagonist? The worry about what your kiddo is going through and can't really do that much to help."
"Tell me about it. My twins keep getting tangled up with terrorist organizations and often have to be the ones who defeat their grand scheme."
"Pretty crazy," Skye nodded, "I was alright with my sis and kiddo being the love interests with hidden potential." His PeT rang, "Hm? Ah…gonna have to put this on hold, sempai. It's the business tune and those…"
"Right."
Skye nodded before putting Yuichiro on hold and answering, "Hello? HeartSoul Industries. CEO Sakurai Skye speaking."
"Hello, Sakurai-san. It's Kein."
"Oh! Kein-Sichou! Long time no call!"
"We have a major issue. The Dennōjū getting out has caused serious issues with your LevBus program."
"What happened?"
"Falzer deleted it while flying away from the network."
"Sonuva…I'll head on over later today and be there by the day after tomorrow at the earliest."
"Actually…I was hoping to make things easier. I'd like to commission a new LevBus program from you along with an entire exhibit for our Expo for you. I'd also like to hire your wife to make outfits for all the programs involved with the Expo as well," Kein informed.
"...Hah?! But, sir, that amount of work…why…it…"
"If you're worried, we can enroll your sister at the school here."
"...Know what? Deal," Skye nodded, "Lucky for us, we still have that summer home there. I still have the original program and will only need to do minor edits to it. Include three CopyRoids delivered to my summer house there to replace my normal fee and it's a deal."
"Considering three CopyRoids are just a few hundred thousand less than your normal fees? Splendid! We'll await your arrival in the next week, yes?"
"Yeah…a week is gonna need to be done to get everything settled," Skye agreed before they hung up and Skye got back to Yuichiro, "So…We won't need to worry about long distance phone bills, Yuichichi."
"...Skye…"
"...Netto-chan and Saito-chan will be happy boys?"
"..."
"...You're gonna lecture me when I get there, aren't you?"
"Oh, that's not my job. That belongs to the three women you live with."
"...Shit…"
"MOVE?!"
"..." Skye removed the earplugs from his ears, "See? This is why I put those in. Now listen, it's not that…um…look, we're moving to Cyber City until Meiru-chan graduates this semester…"
"We're going to be near Netto-kun?!" Meiru quickly asked.
"You betcha," Skye assured, grinning bigger at how excited and overjoyed his sister had become, "And I have an extra special surprise for you and Roll-chan when we get there."
"Honto?!" Roll awed.
"Yep. Now you two head upstairs and start practicing."
"For what?"
"How you're going to explain to your friends about us moving to Cyber City, of course."
"Gh! Y-You're right!" Meiru gawked before sighing, "...This must be how Netto-kun felt…"
Once Meiru had gone upstairs, Aphrodite looked at Skye, "This is too coincidental."
"I think that, too. But they need that LevBus program for their transportation to work and the other towns that make up Cyber City," Skye noted with a shrug, "We'll just need to keep a close eye on things. Set up security measures to protect our baby girl and Meiru-chan. Up the taser setting in her PeT to bypass rubber or leather gloves..."
"It infuriates me still that he just gets to get away with it because his last ten years were just wiped out!" Aphrodite growled, "He took my baby, took Yuichiro and made Haruka-chan a sobbing wreck until he came back, and-and-and…OOH!" she grabbed a chair before Skye kissed her, "Mmm?! Hmm~" she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck, deepening the kiss until they stopped after a few minutes, "No fair using my favorite tease on me~"
"Calmed you down, didn't it?" Skye chuckled.
"Mmm…" Aphrodite pouted, "It did, but I didn't wanna calm down."
"But you have to so we can get to work on packing and planning on how to keep our girls safe," Skye pointed out.
"Oh, you and your logic," Aphrodite pouted.
"Well, we can at least get the initial plans done first and then talk with Yuichichi and Haruru on how to keep the kids safe," Skye shrugged as he went to grab his keys, "I'll get the boxes, bubble wrap, packing paper, and packing tape."
"Uh-uh. You, mister, have things to do for the Ministry of Science that they commissioned," Aphrodite reminded, plucking the keys from his hand, "I'll get the packing supplies and you finish those projects up."
"Oh…Right. Forgot about those in my worry," Skye chuckled sheepishly.
"Liar. You just wanted an excuse to not work on them."
"...Yes," Skye slumped, earning a giggle before getting a kiss on the cheek.
"Get to work," Aphrodite ordered, making him slump and walk off to do his job.
"MOVING?!" Yaito and Dekao exclaimed.
"H-Hai," Meiru confirmed with a nod, "Falzer destroyed a vital program that Onii-chan made, so we have to move to Cyber City for him to remake it. And Onee-chan was offered a job for this expo there."
"Cyber City? Oh! You'll get to see Netto-kun!" Yaito beamed.
"That's great! You'll get to see him again! Ah! Make sure to tell him we're doing our best here with those crazy viruses!" Dekao grinned, "And that Gutsman and I are trying to get a passport so we can come to have a NetBattle or two!"
"There's so much paperwork in getting one…" Yaito groaned, a phantom pain going through her wrist, "They really focus on security there, don't they?"
"They kinda do considering the Dennōjū," Maylu replied, "And it may have become tighter now thanks to them escaping and Roll-chan now being one."
"How's she taking the limiters?" Dekao asked.
"They suck! I feel all itchy with them on and I just wanna rip them off to scratch!" Roll complained.
"Gutsman feels Roll-chan's pain, de guts," Gutsman sighed, "But that will go away after a few days, de guts."
"You didn't try a full body limiter?" Dekao asked.
"Oh, Papa wanted to, but Mama's arguments made a lot of sense," Roll replied, "If I hide how I look, I'm also hiding who I really am. If I do that, then any new friendships I make will just be built on nothing but lies."
"Oof…"
"Ah! N-No offense, Gutsman-kun. I know you have to do this to maintain your Rank," Roll quickly apologized.
"It's alright, Roll. Gutsman and I get it just fine," Dekao assured.
"Still…How long before you have to go to Cyber City?" Yaito asked.
"We're moving Sunday," Meiru replied, "We have a summer house in Cyber City we'll be living at until the expo is finished, so we won't have to sell the house."
Yaito nodded, "If you want, I can provide the same service that I'm doing for Netto-kun's house while he's in Cyber City."
"I'll talk with Onii-chan and Onee-chan about it, but thank you," Meiru thanked, giving a small smile.
(Meiru POV)
After that, the rest of the week was a maelstrom for my emotions. It hurt leaving everything behind, but at the same time I was so excited to see Netto-kun again! When he left…I could barely do much because…everything I did, it'd lead me back to thinking about him and wanting to go over and see him only to remember that he was gone. Even with the few emails we've sent to one another, it still hurt not being able to really see him.
Onii-chan spent most of the week when he wasn't helping getting things packed finishing up his current projects and talking on his PeT with people. I think I heard Hikari-hakase's voice once, but I'm not sure. Something about a 'copy' or whatever. Onee-chan was ecstatic but she also spent extra time with me and Roll just…hanging out with us. It was nice and helped a lot with my worries. Onii-chan told me to not tell Netto-kun about us moving there, saying it'd be a nice surprise for him. I…honestly like that idea. I wouldn't be starting school until the week after we move, so him coming home only to see me there sounds like a lot of fun!
When it was finally time for us to leave, it felt like a repeat of when Netto-kun had to leave. All our classmates were there along with Mariko-sensei. A lot of tears were shed, hugs and handshakes given, promises to write…but Dekao-kun and Yaito-chan surprised me with handwritten letters for both Netto-kun and I for when we finally meet in Cyber City! I think I wore myself out from excitement over being able to see Netto-kun again because the next thing I knew while we were leaving Densan City, I'm getting woken up by Onee-chan as we were arriving to our new house!
(Normal POV)
"Meiru-chan~ Roll-chan~ Wakey-wakey~" Aphrodite gently spoke, lightly shaking Meiru's leg.
"Mmmnnn…" Meiru mumbled, slowly opening her eyes, "O-Onee-chan…?"
"Are we close?" Roll asked, giving a small yawn.
"Ah. We're already in Central Town," Skye replied, slowing the car down to park, "I got the confirmation email from the movers that they've unloaded everything in the rooms I labeled, so we'll be able to unpack."
"We're here!" Aphrodite beamed, "Oh, it's so cute!"
Meiru blinked a few times before looking out the window. It was a rather modest-looking neighborhood. The house next to them had a blue roof while their house was mainly pink with a green-slanted roof on one part. She tilted her head when she noticed that.
"There's a pool on the roof," Skye explained.
"Oh!" Meiru gasped in surprise.
"That'll be nice for your daily exercise," Aphrodite noted before winking at Meiru, "Especially if you invite Netto-kun, ne? I'll have to make you something extra eye-catching for him when that happens, ne?"
"O-o-o-o-Onee-chan!" Meiru stammered, blushing at the teasing.
"Hai, hai, hai," Skye chuckled, "Everyone out and into the house. I have another surprise for you and Rolly-chan, Meimei-chan!"
Meiru tilted her head and looked at Roll, who shrugged. The small family got out of their car and entered the house. It was fairly modest with a sliding glass door leading to the backyard visible from the entryway. They quickly replaced their shoes for slippers and made their way inside. Aphrodite was quick to enter the decently-sized kitchen and nodded several times at the appliances. Boxes were scattered about, neatly stacked with the couch and TV set up in the living room. The guest bathroom was set up across the entry to the house and the stairs were set up behind another doorway. Meiru looked around before pausing on a photo hung up on the wall. It showed a younger Skye grinning as he stood between a young-looking woman with long flowing blond hair and brown eyes and a youthful-looking man with short red hair and scarlet eyes. In the arms of the woman was a pink bundle, the top moved to show a baby Meiru in it, looking at the camera with a tiny shy smile.
"Oh, you look so cute," Roll cooed.
Meiru nodded absentmindedly as she looked at the two adults in the photo. She was really young when they were gone, so she didn't remember them all that much. She could barely hear the soft singing of her mama or the boisterous laughs of her papa. If it wasn't for photos of them…Meiru would probably only see the faces of Skye and Aphrodite in their place. A hand tapping her shoulder snapped her out of her thoughts and made her look to see Skye, smiling softly at her. He wrapped an arm over her shoulder as they looked at it.
"...They were so excited when you were born, ya know," Skye noted, "This is actually your birthplace."
"Eh?"
"Yeah. This summer home was actually Kaa-san's family house," Skye explained, "We were here for the summer and then the water broke. Tou-san panicked and kept running into walls when he was hurrying to help Kaa-san into the car. I, being the goober teen that I was, made small jokes to help with the pain. Kaa-san liked them, Tou-san…did not." he patted her head, "The moment you were in her arms, Kaa-san actually smacked the doctor with her IV drip's stand when he tried to take you."
"She what?" Meiru asked, trying not to laugh.
"She thought he was gonna do that stereotype of holding the baby upside down and spanking their bottom," Skye explained with a snicker, "Tou-san and I couldn't help either."
"Why?"
"We couldn't breathe."
"You couldn't?"
"We were laughing too hard!"
"Oh goodness…" Meiru giggled as they slowly calmed down and looked at it for a bit longer.
"...Hey…I still have that surprise for you two," Skye reminded after several minutes.
"H-Hm? Oh!" Meiru remembered as Aphrodite walked over.
"This way!" Skye beamed as the three headed for the stairs, going up to the second floor and to the room on the right, revealing it to be a cozy bedroom with Maylu's bedroom boxes in the center, her bed set up in one corner, and a window facing the blue-roofed house, "Right over there."
Meiru looked in the direction he pointed at and blinked a few times. Standing there in the corner opposite her bed was a strange robot on a white stand. It was cream in color with no features aside from a strange circular object on the chest, a port to Jack In on it.
"Send Rolly-chan in there," Skye explained.
"Mmm," Meiru nodded before holding her PeT up to it, "Plug In, Roll! Transmission!"
A thin red beam came out of the PeT and into the port on it. The robot remained motionless for a moment before it glowed…and transformed into Roll.
"Eh?!" Meiru gasped.
"Nani kore?" Roll blinked a few times.
"Oh my!" Aphrodite gasped.
"Ta-dah~! I introduce to you all the Copyroid!" Skye declared, "Cyber City's latest invention that allows NetNavis to be in the real world! And I'll get to modify this because it was my commission payment so expect some great stuff from it, Rolly-chan, Meimei-chan!"
"I…I'm in the human world?" Roll pondered, taking a careful step and looking around, her wings fluttering a little.
"Wow. You're…really tall," Meiru noted, realizing she was on-par with Aphrodite in height.
"Meiru-chan!" Roll beamed, bending down to hug her while tears welled in her eyes, "You have no idea how much I've wanted to do this!"
"Roll-chan!" Meiru beamed, returning the hug, "This is amazing! You're really here!"
"At the moment, these things have at least two hours of battery life, but I intend to improve on that and several things I've noticed in just the few minutes you've been in there so far," Skye noted.
"Let me guess: a stomach?" Aphrodite guessed in amusement.
"Well, a storage unit for anything she eats to convert into fuel for it to keep running, but if ya wanna call it a tummy, then by all means," Skye winked.
Aphrodite giggled as Meiru and Roll ended their hug and allowing her to hug Roll next, "Oh, my sweet baby girl…"
"Mama," Roll sniffled as she returned the hug, "So this is what a hug from you is like…" she nuzzled into her shoulder, taking in the sensations, "I was always jealous that Meiru-chan and Papa could do this with you, and now…"
"Hey, hey, hey. No tears now, honey," Skye gently spoke as Meiru offered a handkerchief, "I got three of these things, so I'll be working on one while the other two are occupied."
"Hm? What do you mean?" Meiru asked.
"Remember that we have neighbors?"
"...You were the one who found their house for them," Meiru realized.
"Guilty~" Skye winked, "We'll be heading over in an hour. More than enough to unpack a few things and get washed up. Netto-kun will be let out in three hours, so that's two hours for fun planning by the adults."
"I guess I'd better get on the recharge stand then, huh?" Roll asked, feeling a bit saddened.
"Nope. You, missy, are going to help carry the other Copyroid over to their house," Skye replied, "It's fully charged, so you can use the charging stand we'll set up in there."
"Oh!" Roll gasped before smiling, "That's great!"
"Yosha! Now…onto unpacking for thirty minutes and then getting ready for heading over so Meimei-chan and Netty-kun can hug and kiss!" Skye declared.
"O-Onii-chan no baka!" Meiru stammered, her face bright pink from the blush.
"Anata," Aphrodite sighed, shaking her head.
"What? I am being the supportive Onii-chan on her wanting to date," Skye replied.
"And yet how many times have you threatened Rockman-chan with modifying his data?" Aphrodite reminded.
"That's different. Meimei-chan is my sister. Rocky-chan, however, is a boy wanting to date my beautiful bouncing baby bunny of a daughter," Skye huffed.
"Mmm…Papa~!" Roll whined, blushing.
"Mmm…" Netto hummed in thought as he skated home from school.
"Are you worried about Meiru-chan and Roll-chan, too?" Rockman asked.
"Hai," Netto replied, "We haven't received a single email from them all week!" he frowned in worry, "What if they're in danger and have to stay offline?" he grit his teeth, "Moving here was a mistake. Tou-san should've refused."
"There could be an email when we get home," Rockman replied.
"I hope so…" Netto noted as he arrived at his house and opened the door, his eyes shut in thought, "Tadaima…" he greeted as he slid his shoes off and put on his orange slippers.
"Okaerinasai, Netto-kun!"
"...Eh?" Netto opened his eyes, seeing Meiru smiling at him while dressed in a blue sundress reaching down to just above her feet in pink slippers, her normal black leggings under it, and her vest unzipped over it all, "M-Meiru-chan?"
"Hai!" Meiru replied, "Surprised?"
"Meiru-chan!" Netto beamed, hugging her, "You're visiting?"
"Iie," Meiru replied, returning the hug with equal amount of joy, "Didn't you see our car next door?"
"...Eh?" Netto blinked a few times.
"Gomen nassai. We were in a bit of a talk so we didn't notice," Rockman apologized before noticing something in the corner, "Ah! Netto-kun, there's a Copyroid here!"
"Hm?" Netto looked over Meiru's shoulder to see it, "A Copyroid?"
"Skye-kun is doing a commission here while Aphrodite-chan is helping at the expo," Haruka, Netto's mother, explained as she walked over with a small smile, "He traded the cash payment on his end for two Copyroids. One for Roll-chan and one for Rockman-kun."
"He did that?" Netto gawked, looking at her before looking at Meiru, "He did that?"
"He did," Meiru confirmed.
"I did!" Skye replied, giving a wave from the couch as he sat beside Yuichiro, who was trying to understand the plot of the show they finally settled on picking, "Think of it as a way of me thanking you for saving Rolly-chan from Nebula."
"But you gave Rockman…" Netto began.
"I did, but that was for Rockman. I still owed you," Skye replied.
"Don't argue, Netto-kun. You're going to lose," Yuichiro sighed.
"Ah…Matte…Here for the Expo…You're staying here?!" Netto asked.
"Hai!" Mairu beamed.
"You two go catch up now," Haruka advised, "I think Meiru-chan needs a tour of the town, ne?"
"Ano…You sure?" Netto asked.
"Aphrodite-chan and I will have dinner mostly ready by the time you two come home," Haruka assured, "Though, could Rockman-chan go into the Copyroid? We need to have a small talk real quick with him."
"Ah," Netto replied, logging Rockman into it and grinning, "I'm not gonna get tired seeing you in the real world, Niisan."
"Same here, niichan," Rockman nodded, "Now get going. I bet you're excited to catch up."
"Yep! Oh…Ne, Meiru-chan, where's Roll?" Netto asked.
"She's with Onii-chan at the moment," Meiru replied, tugging him to the door, "Now come on! I wanna see what you've found about this place!"
Once they were gone, Rockman looked to Skye, "Is…Is she alright?"
"..." Skye and Yuichiro shared looks before playing Janken with Skye quickly losing and got up and motioned for Rockman to follow him upstairs, "Saito-kun, this…this is very important," Skye explained, putting a hand on his shoulder and looking him in the eyes, "When Falzer went into Roll, she went into Roll. The Heal Water destroyed Falzer's mind and her data became Roll's, but…"
"Wh-what? Roll-chan…wh…what's wrong with Roll-chan?!" Rockman asked, worry and fear in his tone, "Is…Is it more than just how she looks?"
"Oh, so she did take a selfie," Skye noted, leading them to the guest room and keeping Rockman's focus on him and him alone, the blue bomber unable to see something scurry out.
"Hakase, please!" Rockman begged, tears in his eyes.
"...While you have Galga in you, Falzer's mind was destroyed, deleted. It is gone and nothing remains…but Falzer's data," Skye slowly explained, "Roll-chan fused with that data instead of sealing it in her Force Program like you did due to how Falzar entered her systems."
"So…th-that's not Beast Out?" Megaman asked.
"No. That is her as she is now. She has become more than a regular NetNavi," Skye explained, "She is now…a DennōjūNavi."
"DennōjūNavi?" Rockman repeated.
Skye nodded, "Rolly-chan! You can come in now!"
Slowly, the door across the room opened a bit, letting Roll peek her head out, "A-Are you sure?"
"He seems in control at the moment," Skye replied.
Roll nodded as she looked at Rockman, "Rock-kun…"
"Roll-chan…" Rockman spoke.
"Oh for the…Aphy-chan! Haruru-chan! Bandaid ripping!" Skye called.
"Band-eek!" Roll yelped as she was pulled in and then the door was opened and she was pushed out, "Ah! M-Mama! Hikari-sama!"
"!" Rock grunted, holding his gut.
"Rock-kun!" Roll gasped as Rockman trembled for a minute until he breathed heavily and slumped in the chair he was in.
"I…I'm okay…Galgar…I think he's confused by you…" Rockman explained.
"...Is it because I'm part bunny?" Roll asked, her ears lifting up.
"Um…m-maybe…" Rockman replied.
Roll cautiously walked over and sat in the chair Skye offered. The two stayed quiet as Skye quickly stepped out, leaving them alone.
"...s…so this…this is your new appearance?" Rockman asked, "Not a Beast Out but…"
"Yeah. It…It's permanent," Roll replied, her ears drooping.
"It…It looks nice. Kinda…like you, um…you're showing how much of an angel you are inside on the outside now…"
"Oh~ That's so sweet," Roll cooed, leaning in and kissing his cheek, "Arigatou~"
Rockman chuckled as he took her hands in his, "...I missed you, Roll-chan."
"I missed you, Saito-kun," Roll spoke, her tail wagging a bit, "...I don't mind this new look."
"How so?"
"More for you to hug and more I can use to hug," she winked before hugging him.
"! …" Rockman tensed before relaxing into the hug, letting his head rest against her bosom while wrapping his arms around her waist, "Heh…It…It's kinda nice…having more of you to hug."
"Mmm," Roll hummed in agreement, nuzzling the top of his head and enjoying his scent.
"Eh? A paper letter?" Netto pondered in surprise, the two sitting on a bench near a statue of a blue bird amidst a flower garden in the middle of a small park.
"I know, right?" Meiru replied as she held up the two, "Dekao-kun and Yaito-chan wanted me to give these to you for us to read together."
"Huh? For both of us?" Netto pondered as he opened the one from Dekao, "Oh! It came with two sets of Gutsman's NaviChip! I guess one set's for you."
"Really?" Meiru pondered as she pulled out the three BattleChips, "Oh! These will work pretty well with Roll-chan if they work like his earlier ones."
"When they break the ground?" Netto guessed.
"Of course," Meiru replied.
"I'll have to take out some Chips to add the V2 and V3 ones," Lan noted, pulling out his BattleChip folder and Meiru noticed something in it.
"You're using the good luck charms!" Meiru gasped.
"Of course I am," Netto replied with a smile, "They really saved me more than once." he grimaced, "...Meiru-chan, be careful while you're staying here, alright?"
"Hm?"
"The school got attacked my second day attending classes, then there was an attack at the aquarium, and then the Cybeasts got out," Lan noted, grimacing, "I think I'm having a bad pattern of visiting a new place and end up getting attacked with innocents getting wrapped up in it."
"Oh, Netto-kun…" Meiru whispered, putting her hand on his, "You're not going to be alone this time."
"Eh? M-Meiru-chan…" Netto began before Meiru poked his nose.
"Roll-chan is stronger than ever before and we've been working really hard to do our best," Meiru continued, looking him in the eyes with a determined expression, "If something does happen, then you'll have backup for it."
"Ah…" Netto tried to find a response.
"We could always have a NetBattle later," Meiru added.
"...There's Ghost Data of the NetNavi that attacked the school in CentralArea2," Netto replied after a moment, "Rockman and I have been warning folks to avoid where we found it. And this morning, we found Ghost Data of the NetNavi that was involved with the aquarium attack in Seaside 1."
"You want me to NetBattle this Ghost Data with Roll-chan?" Meiru guessed, earning a nod.
"If you're serious about this, then I want you to deal with what we've had to fight so far," Netto replied, "Rockman and I will be on standby in case you two can't handle it, but only if we really think you can't win." he winced, "We didn't forget the Eagle Tournament. If you really have gotten stronger since then and adding Falzer's power…"
"We'll do it when you get home from school tomorrow, okay?" Meiru offered.
"Gotcha," Netto nodded, "...Wait. You're not going there immediately?"
"No. I start next week," Meiru replied.
"...Be careful and when the alarms go off, just hold your hands up and request to the robots that you need to speak to a teacher for a Student ID," Lan warned.
"..." Meiru giggled, "Only you would do that, Netto-kun…"
"Hey…" Netto whined.
"But let's get back to these letters, ne?" Meiru offered.
"...Yosha," Netto nodded with a smile, glad for the subject change and looked at the letter from Dekao, "...Yeesh…Rockman and I didn't really do that much Virus Busting…did we?"
"...Dekao compares it to the UnderNet in how hard the viruses have become," Meiru admitted.
"Hah?!" Netto gawked before looking at the letter again, "...Yikes…I really owe Dekao a big NetBattle without limiters on when I get the chance to NetBattle him again."
"He's getting a passport for Gutsman to come here," Meiru replied.
"Nice!" Netto beamed, "So…now for Yaito-chan's." he looked at it, "...I'm scared to open it. What if it's like her limos?"
"Oh come on. It can't…I mean, that's just…" Meiru trailed off as she looked at the letter, "...Open it together and facing away from us?"
"Agreed," Netto agreed, both cringing as they aimed the letter away from them as they opened it together, "..."
"..."
"..." both sighed in relief as they removed the letter and several copies of rare BattleChips.
"Oh, that's so nice of her," Meiru noted as they read the letter.
"There's a lot of paperwork for these passports, huh?" Netto noted, tilting his head in surprise at what they were reading.
"I was honestly in the middle of getting one to give to you and Rockman," Meiru noted, "Then this all happened."
"Oh? That would've been cool," Netto chuckled, "And it's cool that they're gonna try to come when that expo opens. Think we should do this, too?"
"Hm?"
"Write a hand-written one for them and make some BattleChips of Rockman and Roll," Netto replied.
"Oh! Great idea!" Meiru beamed before gasping, "Ah!" she opened her small purse and pulled out a BattleChip, "For you."
"Eh?" Netto pondered as he accepted it, seeing it was a Giga Chip, showing an image of Roll swooping down at the 'screen,' claws bared with a determined look on her face, "'Roll Ultima.'"
"Uhn. I tried making her regular ones using her new form, but they all came out as that," Meiru explained, "I…guess it's because of Falzer's power now being hers."
"Eh? That form isn't her using Beast Out?" Netto asked in surprise, earning a shake of her head, "S-Sugei…"
"What are you thinking, Netto?" Meiru frowned.
"N-Nothing!" Netto stammered, shaking his head.
"Mmmm~" Meiru fumed, narrowing her eyes into a small glare before turning her head away from him, "Hmph! Baka."
"Ah mou~" Netto whined before she hugged him on his side.
"But you're my Baka," Meiru giggled.
"...Hai," Netto agreed, wrapping an arm around her to return the side.
Character Bio: Skye Hephaestus Sakurai
Nationality: Japanese
Wife: Aphrodite Sakurai (32)
Sister: Meiru Sakurai (14)
'Daughter': RollEXE
Age: 28
Height: 5' 07"
Bio: A freelance programmer, he is the older brother to Meiru Sakurai and her legal guardian after the death of their parents in a plane crash when Meiru was five. He's a brilliant scientist that can create a single plan then have over a thousand plans for that single plan. He once worked with Tadashi Hikari as his apprentice until he passed away and tries to keep his creative spirit alive in the world. He loves giving nicknames to people, often using part of their name twice for them or using a 'y' to replace part of their name ie Meiru = Meimei and Netto = Netty. He and his wife were stuck in America during Nebula's takeover, having been encouraged to do so by Meiru. As such, they've become more protective of Meiru and Roll.
